Why Did Human Consciousness Evolve?
A central feature of the ecological model of life is that the universe is made up of entities that act and feel as one. Every individual entity from protons to people has its degree of self-determination. We arrive at this concept by working backwards from human self-consciousness to inanimate objects. We find no breaks. At the human level the most characteristic feature of life is that we serve conscious purposes and reflect upon the world around us. But consciousness has arisen in evolution from proto-consciousness (proto means primitive or first) which is some form of awareness less than conscious awareness. Proto-consciousness is the aspect of mind in all entities. But why did it ever become fully conscious mind? This question has always been a problem for evolution. There are two questions here. One is a question for the mechanist. How is it that conscious mind arises from no mind? My answer has already been given. It cant. The second question is for the evolutionist. What is the
